Gerund: baling. Usually a cotton or hay bale, which was cotton or hay compacted into a rectangular cross section bundle and held together by wire (baling wire for hay) or steel bands (for cotton).
: a man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery; also: friar.
Definition of hock for Students. 1  1 : a small piece of meat from the leg of a pig ham hocks. 2  2 : the part of the rear leg of a four-footed animal that is like a human ankle.